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AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices in Haiti
Artigo | PAHO-IRIS | ID: phr-26995
Biblioteca responsável: US1.1
ABSTRACT
AIDS constitutes an important public health problem in Haiti, where it appears to be spread mainly through heterosexual encounters. The study reported here employed in depth interviews, focus group discussions, and a national cross-sectional survey of 1 300 men and 1 300 women 15 to 49 years old to assess AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices in Haiti. According to criteria established for the study, 38.1 percent of the 1 118 sexually active male survey respondents were found to engage in high-risk behavior. In general, the women were found to have better knowledge of AIDS than the men. Significant obstacles to condom use included the inability of women to choose whether condoms would be used and a belief that condom lubricant could cause health problems. The study also found a tendency to ostracize people with AIDS, especially in areas outside Port-au-Prince, and a belief that AIDS was imposed on people by fate- which could partially explain the tendency to persist in high-risk behavior
Assuntos
Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados de organismos internacionais Base de dados: PAHO-IRIS Assunto principal: Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde / Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida / Haiti Tipo de estudo: Pesquisa qualitativa / Fatores de risco País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Haiti Ano de publicação: 1993 Tipo de documento: Artigo
Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados de organismos internacionais Base de dados: PAHO-IRIS Assunto principal: Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde / Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida / Haiti Tipo de estudo: Pesquisa qualitativa / Fatores de risco País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Haiti Ano de publicação: 1993 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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